Presentation by Dr. Connie Arzigian given at Rochester Public Library March 25, 2012

1. Connie Arzigian
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
and
Archaeological Studies Program
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
www.uwlax.edu/mvac

2. http://www.osa.admin.state.mn.us/

3.  Focus on precontact archaeology
 Summarize what is known
 Identify where people lived
 Suggest how this changed through time

4.  WHAT AND WHEN
 June and July 2010
 866 acres in 32 separate parcels
 Surface survey and shovel testing
 RESULTS
 Prior to survey: 38 known precontact sites
 9 new sites recorded
 5 previously known sites further investigated
 GEOMORPHOLOGY TESTING
 To evaluate areas for deeply buried sites

7. You are
here

10. Olmsted County History Center

11. Olmsted County History Center

13. Olmsted County History Center

20. Olmsted County History Center

21. Olmsted County History
Center

22. Olmsted County History Center

27. Olmsted County History Center

29. Hopewell Interaction Sphere
100 BC to 300 A.D.

30. MVAC

31. MVAC

34. MVAC

35. Olmsted County History Center

39.  George Catlin
An-nó-je-nahge, He Who
Stands on Both Sides, a
Distinguished Ball Player,
1835
Eastern Sioux/Dakota

40.  People lived near water
 Rivers
 Streams
 In upland areas-springs
 Travel along major ridges
 Fire shadows

41.  Report your finds to your local archaeologist
 Keep track of where you found things.
 Don’t dig!
 Become a member
 MVAC,
 Minnesota Historical Society
 Olmsted County History Center
 www.uwlax.edu/mvac
 http://www.osa.admin.state.mn.us/